Chimarrogale platycephalus
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Chimarrogale platycephalus (Temminck 1842)
[Chimarrogale] platycephalus (Temminck 1842), Fauna Japonica, 1 (Mamm.): 23.
Type Locality: Japan, Kyushu, near Nagasaki and Bungo.
Vernacular Names: Japanese Water Shrew.
Distribution: Most of the Japanese Isls.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Included in himalayica since Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), but retained as a separate species by Harrison (1958), Hutterer and Hürter (1981), Hoffmann (1987), and Corbet and Hill (1991). Arai et al. (1985) reported on clinal size variation in Japan. For date of publication see Holthuis and Sakai (1970). The species name is often spelled platycephala (as such in the second edition, 1993 a); however, platycephalus is to be regarded as a noun, in which case the specific name does not change with the gender of the genus (C. Smeenk, in litt., 2002). Detailed observations on distribution and habitat provided by Abe (2003). Karyotype has 2n = 52, FN = 104 (Obara and Tada, 1985).
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BFF703DCC4E4C98D20FE0AB477F0FE06 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/083B6EC39570AA7920A29CAD0C7A2FCE (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231545047 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Temminck
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Chimarrogale
- Species
- platycephalus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Chimarrogale platycephalus (Temminck, 1842) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
- Harrison, J. L. 1958. Chimarrogale hantu a new water shrew from the Malay Peninsula, with a note on the genera Chimarrogale and Crossogale (Insectivora, Soricidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural Nistory, ser. 13, 1: 282 - 290.
- Hoffmann, R. S. 1987. A review of the systematics and distribution of Chinese red-toothed shrews (Mammalia: Soricinae). Acta Theriologica Sinica, 7: 100 - 139.
- Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.
- Arai, S., T. Mori, H. Yoshida, and S. Shiraishi. 1985. A note on the Japanese water shrew, Chimarrogale himalayica platycephala, from Kyushu. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan, 10: 193 - 203.
- Holthuis, L. B., and T. Sakai. 1970. Ph. F. von Siebold and Fauna Japonica: A history of early Japanese zoology. Academic Press of Japan, Tokyo, 323 pp.
- Abe, H. 2003. Trapping, habitat, and activity of the Japanese water shrew, Chimarrogale platycephala. Honyurui Kagaku (Mammalian Science), 43: 51 - 61 (in Japanese, with English summary).
- Obara, Y., and T. Tada. 1985. Karyotypes and chromosome banding patterns of the Japanese water shrew, Chimarrogale platycephala platycephala. Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, 61: 20 - 23.